Product Description
Garden Design is a lifestyle magazine designed for the upscale, design-conscious reader who is passionate about gardening and landscape design. Regular columns cover unusual plants, art and ornaments, tools and maintenance, landscape and lighting, water gardens, sunrooms, and outdoor furniture. The magazine also contains photo layouts of spectacular gardens, how-to articles, design resources, a buyer’s guide, gardening tips, and information about events and garden s… More >>
#1 by M. McFarland on May 16, 2010 - 9:50 am
A beautiful magazine, lovely photography, useful articles that de-emphasize the LATIN names. I have found that in some serious gardening magazines, the nomenclature takes over-so that the magazine, regardless of how good it is, becomes a tedious read.
I hope the entertaining aspect is minimized. I would hate to see A “Town and Country Gardener” focus. I was almost embarrassed for the kids in a ParkLife photo in the May issue. (p. 62) Too much space was given to this article! This is a magazine of IDEAS, after all.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Theodoros Papadopoulos on May 16, 2010 - 12:16 pm
If you are looking for a great window to high end garden design, look no further.
Has its cheesy editorials every now and then (photos of happy people smiling around BBQs etc). Nevertheless it delivers!
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Sarah on May 16, 2010 - 2:56 pm
This is the gardening magazine I reach for first. Call me shallow, but I like pictures that get my heart racing, send my mind looking for things I can do in my own garden, and make me see things in a different way. For the “how to” I might turn to other sources, but this is the one that gets me going the minute I see the gorgeous cover.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by David S. Bird on May 16, 2010 - 3:15 pm
I bought this magazine through Amazon as a gift for my Mom. I didn’t find out until after the purchase had been made that the magazine does not ship all the time due to a low number of subscribers and that it MAY NOT COME AT ALL! Amazon said in the e-mail that they warned me that this would happen before I made the purchase, but I didn’t see it and it definitely wasn’t obvious. A classic example of trusting Amazon and not reading the fine print in the purchase order. Just really disappointed and less trusting of Amazon going forward. FYI – it’s been 4 weeks and counting – still no sign of the first issue…
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by Jerry A. Bearden on May 16, 2010 - 3:19 pm
I’m an average homeowner who wanted to learn something about garden design. Three years later I still know little to nothing about garden design from this rag. It’s all about “How trendy can I be” designers instead of design. If your interest is in reading about “designers” who like to spend obscene amounts of money on questionable and impractical garden designs, then this might be the magazine for you. But if you’re interested in basic garden design fundamentals and ideas, you’d be a lot better off spending your hard-earned money on “Fine Gardening” or “Garden Gate” Mazazine.
Every one of my 3 years of Garden Design quickly found it’s way into my recycle container.
Rating: 1 / 5